April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).
Historical Events for April, 1827
Day of Week 7th » John Walker (inventor) John Walker, an English people English pharmacist chemist, sells the first match friction match that he had invented the previous year.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1827
2nd » William Holman Hunt, English painter (d. 1910)
5th » Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister, English surgeon (d. 1912)
8th » Ramón Emeterio Betances, Puerto Rican ophthalmologist and politician (d. 1898)
10th » Lew Wallace, American general, lawyer, and politician, 11th Governor of New Mexico Territory (d. 1905)
11th » Jyotirao Phule, Indian scholar, philosopher, and activist (d. 1890)
14th » Augustus Pitt Rivers, English general, ethnologist, and archaeologist (d. 1900)